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and that safes them a pretty big -- saves them a pretty big tax bill. we're already initiating a bunch of steps. the biggest challenge i hear from small businesses now has to do with financing because a lot of small businesses got their financing from community banks. typically they are not getting them from the big wall street banks but they are getting them from the various region a.m. banks in their communities. a lot of those banks >> pretty overextended in the commercial real estate market which has been hammered. a lot of them are still digging themselves out of bad loans that they made that were shown to be bad during the recession. what we tried to do is get the small business administration, the federal agency that helps small businesses to step in and to provide more financing. you know, waiving fees, seeing if we can lower interest rates in some cases, making sure that the threshold for companies that qualify for loans are more generous and that has helped a lot of small businesses all across the country and this is another example of where w
and that safes them a pretty big -- saves them a pretty big tax bill. we're already initiating a bunch of steps. the biggest challenge i hear from small businesses now has to do with financing because a lot of small businesses got their financing from community banks. typically they are not getting them from the big wall street banks but they are getting them from the various region a.m. banks in their communities. a lot of those banks >> pretty overextended in the commercial real estate...
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cable is also big business. financing, marketing, and finally, of course, if you want to be on television we have places within the caucus these days. >> thank you. >> "communicators" also attended a technology fair on the hill. we spoke to some of the innovators that were showing their wares. >> we have a company founded by jack parry, it is called syncback. >> id is an authentication technology to broadcast television over the top of the internet. looking at the landscape out there we have netflix, hulu, all extraordinary. the only thing missing on the internet is we do not have live broadcast tv. there has not been a technology to do that. >> what time do you use? >> we use the digital broadcast spectrum as a catalyst online, listening for the over the air broadcast. when a consumer has a connected device at home, we hear those broadcasts in turn that consumer, rather than giving broadcast over the air, we spend time getting content on the internet. we have a chart down here. essentially, we install a piece o
cable is also big business. financing, marketing, and finally, of course, if you want to be on television we have places within the caucus these days. >> thank you. >> "communicators" also attended a technology fair on the hill. we spoke to some of the innovators that were showing their wares. >> we have a company founded by jack parry, it is called syncback. >> id is an authentication technology to broadcast television over the top of the internet. looking at...
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big government and big banks have failed us. the crushing weight of the potential markets have yet to be fixed. that has helped to inhibit the ability of the american people to move forward. it is never a failure of the american people. that is not why we are having the difficulties we are having. it is the failure of governments to affect the larger institutions. for a period of time, you are about something that is too big to fail. they already have. they continue to drag down the ability of the american people to move forward. it is a change to actual leadership and a change to bring government into the 21st century, a realization that what has happened on wall street has failed. allow the american people to six those problems and moved forward. for the republicans, everything in the world is moving toward empower you to make more and more of your own decisions. it is what the basis of the free republic is. it is the basis of voluntary community organizations. these are the things that are happening. the only concern people h
big government and big banks have failed us. the crushing weight of the potential markets have yet to be fixed. that has helped to inhibit the ability of the american people to move forward. it is never a failure of the american people. that is not why we are having the difficulties we are having. it is the failure of governments to affect the larger institutions. for a period of time, you are about something that is too big to fail. they already have. they continue to drag down the ability of...
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>> the big yachts? >> the big yachts! [everyone talking at once] >> don't you think this is more joe the plumber stuff he he says he wants to spread -- >> it's small -- small -- [everyone talking at once] >> small board demagoguery. >> i favor higher taxes on the rich, on the wealthy without question as part of this package. but if you can't get it for the reasons patted described, it's ridiculous to -- it's not going to go anywhere. >> for people like you and we want you to invest, we want you to invest in new properties. we want to you take risks. and -- maybe you can support t maybe you can't. some of you can't. but the 1 who take the risks are the one who have the money. and they do take the risk because of all kinds of projects -- fortunately -- [everyone talking at once] we'll be right back. >> [ kate ] if this icelandic mud could work wonders on my skin, imagine what it could do for my business. now, i just had to figure out a way to get it back to the states. so i called john, my citibank small business expert. [
>> the big yachts? >> the big yachts! [everyone talking at once] >> don't you think this is more joe the plumber stuff he he says he wants to spread -- >> it's small -- small -- [everyone talking at once] >> small board demagoguery. >> i favor higher taxes on the rich, on the wealthy without question as part of this package. but if you can't get it for the reasons patted described, it's ridiculous to -- it's not going to go anywhere. >> for people like...
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that is not to say that we do not cover a big portion of it right now. of a thousand new border patrol agents that are coming into service this year, the vast majority are going into arizona. but it is also critical to note that there are other activities occurring. our partnerships for mexico, for example, working joint operations with our mexican partners, then in mexico and us on our side, over 60 of the state's law enforcement agents are now partners with us in an operation that incorporates other law enforcement agencies to ensure that we bring the greatest density of enforcement coverage in arizona. the national guard right now, we have 363 national guard troops on the drown the-ground. we have more, so it is a constant buildup of what we are doing in arizona. when we bring arizona under control, not if, we will do so as quickly as we can. something that i think critical here is the following -- this year because of a drop in activity levels that we have seen, we figure that we will end up in the year with apprehensions somewhere between 106,100 18
that is not to say that we do not cover a big portion of it right now. of a thousand new border patrol agents that are coming into service this year, the vast majority are going into arizona. but it is also critical to note that there are other activities occurring. our partnerships for mexico, for example, working joint operations with our mexican partners, then in mexico and us on our side, over 60 of the state's law enforcement agents are now partners with us in an operation that...
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. >> this guy says the petition is all about making the big shots pay. >> big city officials are all like... aha. we've got a free ride you know? >> okay. >> it makes it fair for all of us. >> and nathan is representing unions. >> you can't say this is about night time parking meters when it's about pensions. >> he says the 72,000 signatures gathered should be thrown out. >> our lawyers are looking into it now. >> he says the measure is spelled out right on the petition. >> every petition has what is called a sum marie prepared by the city. pechl read petition before signing it and he adds there were 300 people collecting signatures over tloo months. >> if opponents, you know have any evidence that a person has signed a petition under false pretenses they should come forward witness. i haven't seen any. >> still it's ironic that he has video rolled out, it would be an under cover camera watching -- watching his petition gathers in a web of lie autos well we made it clear to all of the signature gatherers to be accurate. now... is there could be an explanation as to every detail? no t
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i am a big supporter of biofuels. one thing that has become clear is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels made from things like wood chips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn. that is probably the least efficient energy producer of the various other approaches. it is important to examine if we're going after the cutting edge by diesel --biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow brazil to run about 1/3 of its transportation system on biofuels. they get it from sugar cane. it is a more efficient conversion process than corn- based ethanol. doing more research in finding better ways to do the same concepts, i think that is the right way to go. >> i believe you addressed this next one. we will skip past it. james says he would cut costs by cutting welfare programs. people will not try harder when they are handed everything. >> i think we should acknowledge that some welfare programs in the past were not well-designed. in some cases, they did encourage dependency. i worked
i am a big supporter of biofuels. one thing that has become clear is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels made from things like wood chips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn. that is probably the least efficient energy producer of the various other approaches. it is important to examine if we're going after the cutting edge by diesel --biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow brazil to run about 1/3 of its transportation system on biofuels....
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i think he could fix the big government, fix the big banks, and then what you have to do is ask for regulatory reform. you will unleash the entrepreneurial industriousness of the american people. if you do not, we will continue to be dragged down by entities that are antiquated on the 20th century model that can be applied successfully in the 21st century. i think that is one of the things. other thing is, obviously, we are a country at war. we have men and women defending our freedom and expanding it to others in foreign fields. the ads this has to have a comprehensive strategy not only for dealing the conflict in which we find ourselves but supporting freeway -- freedom movements in places like iran or the opponents of the regime in syria so that this terror- sponsoring states can peacefully implode like the soviet union did because of the people's aspirations for freedom. i continue to think and continue to point out as people are increasingly starting to realize, that the people's republic of, is a reliable model of governance and a threat to american prosperity and security because it is
i think he could fix the big government, fix the big banks, and then what you have to do is ask for regulatory reform. you will unleash the entrepreneurial industriousness of the american people. if you do not, we will continue to be dragged down by entities that are antiquated on the 20th century model that can be applied successfully in the 21st century. i think that is one of the things. other thing is, obviously, we are a country at war. we have men and women defending our freedom and...
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so that, in and of itself was a big deal for our country. and then personally, if you coupled that, the president at that time or soon after having to help and cope and help betty ford cope with having breast cancer. one can only imagine the ordeal they had to go through as a couple but as president and fist lady. what was going on in their own home and obviously across the headlines as well. host: i read an interview with betty ford that she was opposed to the party before president ford pardonned richard nixon. guest: you know, a lot of people have very strong opinions about it. and that would not surprise me. i had not heard that, but that would not surprise me. but i think again in retrospect, however people felt, it really was designed to help get the country past this dark episode called watergate. host: one of the popular campaign buttons in 1976 was this. "i'm voting for betty's husband " was the button. and gerald ford by a margin of maybe 30 or 40 or 100 delegates beat ronald reagan to win the 1976 presidential primary. that conven
so that, in and of itself was a big deal for our country. and then personally, if you coupled that, the president at that time or soon after having to help and cope and help betty ford cope with having breast cancer. one can only imagine the ordeal they had to go through as a couple but as president and fist lady. what was going on in their own home and obviously across the headlines as well. host: i read an interview with betty ford that she was opposed to the party before president ford...
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interesting because you still see it, you know, in daily life at big hospitals. but also even on the battlefields they've started taking medical commodities, these forward tentsz and moving them forward for that same reason. there's been a lot of lessons more recently from iraq and afghanistan. you've been talking to people about that. >> what doctors are telling us, and it's sad to think but it's a basic fact, tens of thousands have been wounded in this war. so you have this giant population that they are learning from. and what they're basically learning they will tell you, i think, is dynamic innovative, fast-moving medical care. try new things. try and see what you can accomplish with new techniques, new procedures, because they can't stick to just the old way of doing business. these kids are coming back with traumatic injuries that are very, very tough. they got to find a way to deal with them. and you find doctors and nurses out there trying new things. things that may be in your emergency room not too far from them. >> i'm not quite sure how to say this b
interesting because you still see it, you know, in daily life at big hospitals. but also even on the battlefields they've started taking medical commodities, these forward tentsz and moving them forward for that same reason. there's been a lot of lessons more recently from iraq and afghanistan. you've been talking to people about that. >> what doctors are telling us, and it's sad to think but it's a basic fact, tens of thousands have been wounded in this war. so you have this giant...
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but one of the big concerns we have with this -- this is a big issue we are trying to do with. this is a bill that has no markup, no witnesses. probablyng told the would not be an open rule. it would be a closed rule. there are a lot of us who are very concerned about this particular proposal with regard to social security and medicare. it would be helpful if this were to be open rule and i would appreciate it the general would support it. >> a share the gentleman concerned. we went through a complete order process for h.r. 1, one of the proudest moments i have had in my short time here. it went to the senate to die. we had that same robust discussion on the budget proposals here, voted on and the budget proposal and a member of the house wanted to bring to the floor, found the one that got the most votes, send it to the senate, and it died. if i believe my friends at the treasury -- i went down to a debt auction. and the treasury department was asked what are you doing. what are your contingency plans as you run up to august 2. they said they planned on congress solving this b
but one of the big concerns we have with this -- this is a big issue we are trying to do with. this is a bill that has no markup, no witnesses. probablyng told the would not be an open rule. it would be a closed rule. there are a lot of us who are very concerned about this particular proposal with regard to social security and medicare. it would be helpful if this were to be open rule and i would appreciate it the general would support it. >> a share the gentleman concerned. we went...
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guest: it is one of the big concerns. in the statute, it says that ipab is very constrained in what it may recommend, and that it may not ration care or at costs to a beneficiaries pay. it can only recommend changes to provider payments. congress is concerned that if you cut provider payments to much, they will stop taking medicare patients. that is a real concern. we see that in what happened in the balanced budget act passed in 1997, with physician payments, they set up this new formula and it worked for a couple of years and since then it has not worked very well. there were recommended cuts to physician and payments and congress has put it off again and again and again and they have dug this huge hole. to fix the problem would cost $300 billion. there is aware that the same thing could happen with ipab, that although congress cannot make the cuts go away, they would have to make other cuts. although it says explicitly you cannot ration care, there is the worry about cutting payments to much. what the secretary is putt
guest: it is one of the big concerns. in the statute, it says that ipab is very constrained in what it may recommend, and that it may not ration care or at costs to a beneficiaries pay. it can only recommend changes to provider payments. congress is concerned that if you cut provider payments to much, they will stop taking medicare patients. that is a real concern. we see that in what happened in the balanced budget act passed in 1997, with physician payments, they set up this new formula and...
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. >> charl: linney is currently the star on the show time series the big c. here's a look at that series. >> the doctor. oh, pardon me, sir. dr. sherman, hi. my name's kathy. >> i'm the nurse. >> you're not a drug rap, are you? >> no, no, i'm not. i'm a dying woman who is trying to see the right doctor and ask him if he s any advice on how to save my life. the best i can do is spend the last two hours a day on hold from your office to find out if anyone's canceled. that's not okay. >> i'm going to asyou to leave. >> i will not leave. >> charlie: the big c is currently airing on show time mondays at 10:30 p.m. i'm pleased to have laura lean -- laura linney back at this table. >> thank you, charlie. >> charlie: when you look at that, what do you think? >> it's a weird, you know sort of tapestry of what you feel and i always feel slightly embarrassed when i look at myself. >> charlie: really? you don't look at this clinically and say i can't wait to have somebody watch it. >> i also good off camera. i give performances off camera to people who would never -- i m
. >> charl: linney is currently the star on the show time series the big c. here's a look at that series. >> the doctor. oh, pardon me, sir. dr. sherman, hi. my name's kathy. >> i'm the nurse. >> you're not a drug rap, are you? >> no, no, i'm not. i'm a dying woman who is trying to see the right doctor and ask him if he s any advice on how to save my life. the best i can do is spend the last two hours a day on hold from your office to find out if anyone's canceled....
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deal, but not a big tax increase. or any tax increase. once again they will be challenged to expand on this sharp rhetorical edge. id is a distinction without much of a difference. a few close a tax loophole, it raises the taxes for someone. pretty much any change in the tax code that raises revenue could be portrayed by the people that have to pay the additional revenue. it is a very difficult dance. the speaker keeps talking about no new taxes on the american people. this seems to give him an opening to talk about revenues and businesses, like the corporate tax loophole that we heard about in the last few days. host: do we have any more details on the parameters of this meeting? what can you tell us? >> i have not seen anything coming across my blackberry this morning. host: same here. caller: i imagine it will obviously be after the news conference last night they talked about a willingness to meet. not only today, but every day until they get a deal. whether or not it will be that eight top congressional leaders,
deal, but not a big tax increase. or any tax increase. once again they will be challenged to expand on this sharp rhetorical edge. id is a distinction without much of a difference. a few close a tax loophole, it raises the taxes for someone. pretty much any change in the tax code that raises revenue could be portrayed by the people that have to pay the additional revenue. it is a very difficult dance. the speaker keeps talking about no new taxes on the american people. this seems to give him an...
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host: president obama, go big on the debt sale. my number one focus is getting our economy back to a place where businesses can grow and hire. extending tax relief for middle class families and putting construction workers back on the job rebuilding roads and highways. in the past few months they have said, we are willing to cut historic limits in order to reduce our deficit. rpt president obama also said about raising revenues. it is a position that's been taken by everyone from warren buffet to bill o'reilly. it is a position taken in the senate by republicans that are working on a promising plan of their own he writes "right now we have the opportunity to do something big and meaningful." we go to north carolina. we continue our take-off of the wall street journal headline, "america nears the brink." caller: i don't care. they can keep my disability, they can keep my pension. i'll just work like my mom and dad and everybody else did, until i die 678 that's just how it is. it is. like i heard a guy say on the military channel, th
host: president obama, go big on the debt sale. my number one focus is getting our economy back to a place where businesses can grow and hire. extending tax relief for middle class families and putting construction workers back on the job rebuilding roads and highways. in the past few months they have said, we are willing to cut historic limits in order to reduce our deficit. rpt president obama also said about raising revenues. it is a position that's been taken by everyone from warren buffet...
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i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going after the cutting-edge biodiesel and ethanol approaches that allow, for example, brazil to run about a third of its transportation system on biofuels. now, they get it from sugar cane and it's a more efficient conversion process than corn-based ethanol. and so us doing more basic research in finding better ways to do the same concept i think is the right way to go. q i believe you addressed this next one, so we're going to skip past it. the president: i did. q but from ryan: "i would cut defense spending." q and james: "i'd cut c
i'm a big supporter of biofuels. but one of the things that's become clear is, is that we need to accelerate our basic research in ethanol and other biofuels that are made from things like woodchips and algae as opposed to just focusing on corn, which is probably the least efficient energy producer of these various other approaches. and so i think that it's important for even those folks in farm states who traditionally have been strong supporters of ethanol to examine are we, in fact, going...
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there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. my own personal loss i was involved in this case transformation policy-making at the time and we were passionate about the x33 program single stage oregon and i learned a very important lesson, which is policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, if it will happen, and we wanted to will the single states to orbit in existence and we had a beautiful concept that looked like the future we did this didn't have the technology. and ultimately we didn't have the will either. i th
there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be...
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i do not think oil companies should continue to get big tax breaks when they make tens of billions in profits. i do not think hedge fund managers should pay taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries. i do not think it is fair to ask nothing of someone like me when the average family sees their income decline over the last decade. when many of you are just trying to stretch every $1 as far as it will go. we should not put the burden of deficit reduction on the backs of people who have already borne the brunt of this recession. it is not reasonable and it is not right. if we are going to have seniors, students, middle-class americans to separate, then we have to ask corporations and wealthy americans to share. we have to ask everyone to play their part because we are all a part of the same country. we are all in this together. i have put things on the table important to me and democrats, and i expect republican leaders to do the same. after all, we have worked together like this before. ronald reagan worked with tip o'neill to raise revenues and reform social security. bill clinton w
i do not think oil companies should continue to get big tax breaks when they make tens of billions in profits. i do not think hedge fund managers should pay taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries. i do not think it is fair to ask nothing of someone like me when the average family sees their income decline over the last decade. when many of you are just trying to stretch every $1 as far as it will go. we should not put the burden of deficit reduction on the backs of people who have already...
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now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president supports the plan by senate majority leader harry reid which includes $2.70 trillion in savings, no tax increases, and no cuts to social security or medicare. the president spoke from the east room of >> the government had a surplus but the money was spent on the two wars and expensive prescription drug program. as a result, the deficit was on track to top $1 trillion, the year i took office. to make matters worse, the recession meant that there was less money coming in and it required us to spend even more. on text cuts for middle-class families to spur the economy and unemployment insurance, and aid to
now utilizing the established senate procedure, the regular order but have attempted to solve this big problem in secret, behind closed doors with just a few people. i believe that is contrary to the historical understanding of the role of congress and i'm not happy about it, i oppose it and i object to it and i expect an appropriate amount of time to consider whatever plan comes >> president obama called for a feeling congress that would raise the national debt ceiling. the president...
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a big thanks to mitt romney. thank you. [applause] >> our political coverage continues with the discussion on how democratic activists feel toward president obama and the debt reduction talks. this is about 45 minutes. dot org you thofrment also the vice president of the center for american progress. appreciate your time. let me share with you this headline from the washingn examiner. the president's prospects with regard to re-election. is this moment and maybe this week a make or break moment for the president? caller: i think so. heading into a deadline of august second and the deal has got to happen this week in order for the nations economic rate togeer survive. i think the bond agencies have h said you have to have long-term repercussions so it's important they get that deal this week and you have to strike that grand bargain. that's where president obama said you have to go over the long-term. in order to have sca debt reduction you have to have taxes particularly on the wealthy. paying an among the lowest they have.
a big thanks to mitt romney. thank you. [applause] >> our political coverage continues with the discussion on how democratic activists feel toward president obama and the debt reduction talks. this is about 45 minutes. dot org you thofrment also the vice president of the center for american progress. appreciate your time. let me share with you this headline from the washingn examiner. the president's prospects with regard to re-election. is this moment and maybe this week a make or break...
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so that's i think a big part of it. it's a political calculation, but also a congressional responsibility and presidential responsibility. they're not president yet. >> but mitt romney specifically, jam, he's the front-runner by all accounts, at least according to all the polls. if he wants to be the next president of the united states, the leader of the republican party, shouldn't he be more directly involved in at least smeeking out affirmatively, negatively about what's going on? >> well, may shell bachmann say she is's not for it under any circumstances. if you're running for president, you're supposed to have the opinion on everything. this is the biggest issue we're facing right now. it would be interesting to know what governor romney's position is on this. it's totally fair to ask him, what would you do? you're running for president. >> sure, and it's totally fair for someone like mitt romney to say this is still in flux and right now, dividing our party is not what we want to do. we want to bring it together be
so that's i think a big part of it. it's a political calculation, but also a congressional responsibility and presidential responsibility. they're not president yet. >> but mitt romney specifically, jam, he's the front-runner by all accounts, at least according to all the polls. if he wants to be the next president of the united states, the leader of the republican party, shouldn't he be more directly involved in at least smeeking out affirmatively, negatively about what's going on?...
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for a big celebration. happy 4th of july, everyone. people are probably sleeping in, but you to prepare once you get here to the national mall. here's what you can bring, you want to bring your cooler with your food and water, plenty to drink. speaking of, drink plenty of it today, because as howard said, temperatures in the 90s. you don't want to forget sunglasses, and andrea, the fan has come in handy this summer. you will need it today. if you follow those rules, you can have a good time, celebrating, come earlly and mark your spot. the show at 9:10 exactly, going on for 17 minutes, and also, here's what you don't want to bring. you can't bring alcohol on the national mall. no glass bottles, pets, or grills. if you follow those rules, you'll have a good time celebrating. >> i'm expecting big fireworks, bigger than california because it's washington, dc. >> we are expecting a great time and beautiful fireworks. >> reporter: there will be extra security today. you can bet on that. there will also be at lea
for a big celebration. happy 4th of july, everyone. people are probably sleeping in, but you to prepare once you get here to the national mall. here's what you can bring, you want to bring your cooler with your food and water, plenty to drink. speaking of, drink plenty of it today, because as howard said, temperatures in the 90s. you don't want to forget sunglasses, and andrea, the fan has come in handy this summer. you will need it today. if you follow those rules, you can have a good time,...
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i ran for president because it was time to do big things. we cannot keep kicking the can down the road anymore. thank you p. let me tell you what i thought there was so important to run even though michelle is not so sure. and why you got involved. we ran because we believe in an economy that cannot work. it worked for everybody. prosperity with shared from the machinists on the lines to a manager on the floor. we ran because he believed our success is not just determine. they consider their kids to and could do dinner once in awhile. because for a decade, wages and incomes have flat line. koss kept going up for everybody even though they did not have any more income. that is before the economic crisis. we were ablehit, to save them from collapse. we make sure that the automobile company ceo's were making the bonuses. we did it because he wanted to make sure that families who needed help could still take out loans to buy a house are starting a business. we wanted to make sure the millions of people who dealt with the automobile industry woul
i ran for president because it was time to do big things. we cannot keep kicking the can down the road anymore. thank you p. let me tell you what i thought there was so important to run even though michelle is not so sure. and why you got involved. we ran because we believe in an economy that cannot work. it worked for everybody. prosperity with shared from the machinists on the lines to a manager on the floor. we ran because he believed our success is not just determine. they consider their...
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it's not a big deal. that's a car off of the road. meantime, at 7:00 a.m. in arbutus, that will be closed for the 4th of july parade. there's a look at the speeds on the beltway. as you would imagine, they're at full speed at liberty road. there's a live look at the fort mchenry tunnel. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota, moving forward. >>> at the top of the news, courtroom fireworks in the casey anthony murder trial. the defense attorney calls out the prosecutor. >> the truth is the truth. depending on who's asking the questions, whether it's this laughing guy or myself. >> objection, approach the bench. >> both attorneys apologized. as for the case itself, the trial will enter a new phase today as the jurors begin their deliberation. >> reporter: casey anthony's defense spent its final hours in front of the jury. >> the reason you don't have the evidence that they're trying to find is because it's an unprovable case. >> reporter: they tried to discredit the state's charge that the 25-year-old suffocated her 2-year-old daughter with chlo
it's not a big deal. that's a car off of the road. meantime, at 7:00 a.m. in arbutus, that will be closed for the 4th of july parade. there's a look at the speeds on the beltway. as you would imagine, they're at full speed at liberty road. there's a live look at the fort mchenry tunnel. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota, moving forward. >>> at the top of the news, courtroom fireworks in the casey anthony murder trial. the defense attorney calls out the prosecutor....
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we want to be as close to a normal family as possible and we want to be a big family. when something is good, we are happy together, if something bad happens, we cry together. that's the most important if you work with children, n. a lot of heart. my daughters loved their life and i wanted to show them that i would survive this and if i could help my new children to love their life, at least one good thing came out of this. what do you got? restrained driver... sir, can you hear me? just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse. i believe in the power of science and medicine. but i'm also human. and i believe in stacking the deck. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >>> island island like to present to you with this certificate of award. >> some say this is a civil rights -- the man in the glasses is receiving a whites only scholarship. the presid
we want to be as close to a normal family as possible and we want to be a big family. when something is good, we are happy together, if something bad happens, we cry together. that's the most important if you work with children, n. a lot of heart. my daughters loved their life and i wanted to show them that i would survive this and if i could help my new children to love their life, at least one good thing came out of this. what do you got? restrained driver... sir, can you hear me? just hold...
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if you cut without a plan, you can hit a big artery. you can blow a huge artery and that's the scariest thing going on right now. we are having a debate about cutting without any plan of where we're going and the point we tried to make in the book is i am not a -- i'm not about april 15. i'm about july 4. july 4 is now at stake. i'm not after american solvency. i'm after preserving american greatness. that is not the discussion we're having. >> we entered the debt and deficit crisis eight or nine months ago, the president appointed a commission that was courageous and did what he asked them. the simpson-bowles commission as that mentioned. it gave pretty good blueprint that you could have built upon. what kept our system from just embracing that and moving with it? >> i would say two things. two things are standing in the way. i think we suffered a real
if you cut without a plan, you can hit a big artery. you can blow a huge artery and that's the scariest thing going on right now. we are having a debate about cutting without any plan of where we're going and the point we tried to make in the book is i am not a -- i'm not about april 15. i'm about july 4. july 4 is now at stake. i'm not after american solvency. i'm after preserving american greatness. that is not the discussion we're having. >> we entered the debt and deficit crisis eight...
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some kind of big american construction of ammunition depots and housing. meanwhile violence remains on the rise a un report says it's up fifty one percent in just the last three months. to the wire with a sharp rise in suicide attacks. meaning this for mil your aftermath may be here to stay lauren mr. washington d.c. . well violence isn't only on the rise in afghanistan and fact it looks like america's shadow wars have now increased i want drone strikes have long been reported in pakistan in yemen but now there's news that a week ago u.s. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of the somali organization al shabaab who according to military officials are now expanding their mission outside of somalia and working more closely with al qaeda was new leadership in place and a new counterterrorism strategy we have to ask if today somalia tomorrow where else joining me to discuss this is jack rice former cia officer and criminal defense attorney jack thanks so much for joining us tonight for starters ok so now we find out that as early or i guess as late as a week a
some kind of big american construction of ammunition depots and housing. meanwhile violence remains on the rise a un report says it's up fifty one percent in just the last three months. to the wire with a sharp rise in suicide attacks. meaning this for mil your aftermath may be here to stay lauren mr. washington d.c. . well violence isn't only on the rise in afghanistan and fact it looks like america's shadow wars have now increased i want drone strikes have long been reported in pakistan in...
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we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening remarks. i want you to think seriously about what it implies. singapore is not worrying about the jasmine revolution. singapore is the model. think of china as a giant, technocratic singapore in which the one-party state evolves itself in ways to avoid the collapse of the soviet experience. the second point, and this is where differ, it is precisely when nations are struggling with problems of internal political reform and challenges from below that they are most likely to pursue a more selfish and aggressive foreign policy.
we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening...
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i was at a big meeting in atlanta. a national group was coming in town to present the problem of our deficit a debt. there were 500 business leaders in the room. they have a greatresentation and finished with questions and answers. a businessman raised his hand and asked what we should do. the group did not have anything to offer. we're providing any one with an interest was something to do. a 1e asking them to support cent solution that gives the balance in eight years. we want to enroll 1 million voters to support this and encourage support on the hill. it resonates with them as it does with anyone who is concerned abouthe problem. we welcome any participation. we are bipartisan. we do not have labels. we want to put something out there that will workor the people. host: david is a republican in biloxi, mississippi. caller: i hope i can articulate this fairly well. it sounds like a of a good common sense ideas, but how do you implement that with a congress and president that is bought and paid for by the bankers? goo
i was at a big meeting in atlanta. a national group was coming in town to present the problem of our deficit a debt. there were 500 business leaders in the room. they have a greatresentation and finished with questions and answers. a businessman raised his hand and asked what we should do. the group did not have anything to offer. we're providing any one with an interest was something to do. a 1e asking them to support cent solution that gives the balance in eight years. we want to enroll 1...
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, great projects that are of national greatnesslet's build big dams, let's have big wars, let's have big kumbaya moments from a conservative point of view andi'm not a fan of that. matt welch is certainly not a fan of that. and i always bring it back to my grandparents who left europe because they didn't want to be part of somebody else's national greatness plan. >> richard nixon -- you call him the "colossus of yorba linda." >> yes, well that's a reference to the iluminados trilogy by robert anton wilson and robert shea, where throughout it, it's a great parody book of a kind of conspiracy theory that came out in the early to mid-'70s, and throughout it a character is trying to raise money to build a stature in honor of nixon, they called the "colossus of yorba linda." >> what did you think of him? >> of nixon? >> yes. >> nixon is a -- i think he is a fascinating, psychological type and he was an odious personality, and in a lot of ways, i -- to call him a tragic figure is probably to offer too much grandeur to -- to simply a politician, but it's -- it's fascinating -- what -- what
, great projects that are of national greatnesslet's build big dams, let's have big wars, let's have big kumbaya moments from a conservative point of view andi'm not a fan of that. matt welch is certainly not a fan of that. and i always bring it back to my grandparents who left europe because they didn't want to be part of somebody else's national greatness plan. >> richard nixon -- you call him the "colossus of yorba linda." >> yes, well that's a reference to the...
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for those who put their faith in big government, that might make sense, but -- that our best days are behind us, but for those who put their faith in the american people, we know that what we have a hard road ahead, we will have better days, and we will start now. [applause] too many americans, too many families, too many people are worried about whether or not they are still sovereign in their country, whether or not there is a new concept that worked were some individuals are considered disposable citizens, where they are too small to matter. they are wrong. every single one of you, every single american is the fate and future of this country, and what we need in washington is someone who understands that the wave of the future is not big government, it is self government. someone in washington who will truly feel and understand the pain and anguish of 14 million unemployed americans, the feeling of being trapped of up to million -- 30 million americans who cannot find jobs because they are not there. people who understand that when inflation is rising and wages are declining, peopl
for those who put their faith in big government, that might make sense, but -- that our best days are behind us, but for those who put their faith in the american people, we know that what we have a hard road ahead, we will have better days, and we will start now. [applause] too many americans, too many families, too many people are worried about whether or not they are still sovereign in their country, whether or not there is a new concept that worked were some individuals are considered...
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big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the public to protect themselves from these hazards. it's really not our job to fence off the hazards of the national park. part of that is part of the experience. to see wild america, at least as much that we can create. in the case of the myrtle falls incident, there is a barrier and signs. unfortunately, these individuals crossed those, entered the water, slipped and went over the falls. it's incredibly tragic. we will renew our efforts to warn the public about these thing. yosemite this time of year would have very, very low water flows. because of all the snow, we got
big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the...
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democrats want to avoid big cuts to social programs. they want to get rid of tax breaks for wealthier americans. there's no reason to expect that one side or the other is going to say you know what? you're right. let's do it your way. that won't happen. and to complicate matters furtherer, there's now a growing group of senate and house republican kwhos say their vote to increase the debt ceiling would be contingent on caps on federal spending and the passage of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget every year. that may sound good, but it would be an uphill slog, amending the constitution, you need a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of congress. that means they would still need 20 votes from democrats. and even if it passed congress, the measure then has to be ratified by three fourths of the state legislatures. that could take a long time. the senate and house versions of this proposed legislation require a balanced budget, beginning in 2018. both also mandate how it must be done. federal spending would be cappe
democrats want to avoid big cuts to social programs. they want to get rid of tax breaks for wealthier americans. there's no reason to expect that one side or the other is going to say you know what? you're right. let's do it your way. that won't happen. and to complicate matters furtherer, there's now a growing group of senate and house republican kwhos say their vote to increase the debt ceiling would be contingent on caps on federal spending and the passage of a constitutional amendment...
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i set up a concert down there and we went down there and did a big concert. recently, i did a concert at camp pendleton. dana came down again and performed for the troops. i am not afraid to call anybody. i think they can help the troops, i will do that. >> people are interested in the creative side of your work as well. you play president truman and you have been floated as a possible candidate for able variety of offices. have you thought of getting into the trenches? >> i am and actor. we get paid to learn lines and get our mark. >> don't hit this market. >> i never thought about any of that. >> what american international figure which you like to consider playing since you have played politicians in the past? or have you even thought about that? >> i have not thought about playing another political figure. i have done a few of those. it was fun. i would like to play jimmy doolittle. a great american hero and a medal of honor recipient. i have had a privilege to be in the middle of honor society. i have worked with the medal of honor society since 2006. i
i set up a concert down there and we went down there and did a big concert. recently, i did a concert at camp pendleton. dana came down again and performed for the troops. i am not afraid to call anybody. i think they can help the troops, i will do that. >> people are interested in the creative side of your work as well. you play president truman and you have been floated as a possible candidate for able variety of offices. have you thought of getting into the trenches? >> i am and...
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that's a big part -- we a cut, raise revenue and invest. but let's start a conversation with what world we are in. not who can throw the biggest number on the table and the most stubborn about saving something were cutting something. it is an idiotic debate we're having and unworthy of our country. this is a whole other theme in the book which we do not have time to talk about. we did not get here by accident. you did not get where you are and i did not get our i.m. on my own. yes there is a lot of people out there is as i got this and i'm going to keep the government out of my life. you got here as a product of the greatest public-private partnership in the history of the world. that's how you got here. and we call this americas at formula for success. it has five parts. we educate our people up to and beyond what ever the level of technology is starting with universal primary and then post secondary education. we invite the world immigrants in, those with low skills and those with high skills, the first round intellectual draft choices, a
that's a big part -- we a cut, raise revenue and invest. but let's start a conversation with what world we are in. not who can throw the biggest number on the table and the most stubborn about saving something were cutting something. it is an idiotic debate we're having and unworthy of our country. this is a whole other theme in the book which we do not have time to talk about. we did not get here by accident. you did not get where you are and i did not get our i.m. on my own. yes there is a...
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we never got the big shows there for keeping safe get ready for the freedom. well looks like wiki leaks has finally gathered a legal crew to take on credit card companies visa master card just last week we showed you how joyous songs poked fun at master card by spoofing one of its very old commercials people servers knew you could do this and. donations lost to the banking book a fifteen million dollars that it cost to the whole sort of. five hundred thousand dollars. watching the world. series so. priceless. there's all the jokes are now over now wiki leaks is getting serious because you probably remember when the whistle blowing organization first released its massive stash of diplomatic cables from the us he's a master card suspended all methods of payment to waking leaks through their companies so the group set out a press release through its twitter page saying of those credit card companies have been engaging in a us to backed financial blockade and then they explain that they're suing visa and master card the press release states the company is a coordi
we never got the big shows there for keeping safe get ready for the freedom. well looks like wiki leaks has finally gathered a legal crew to take on credit card companies visa master card just last week we showed you how joyous songs poked fun at master card by spoofing one of its very old commercials people servers knew you could do this and. donations lost to the banking book a fifteen million dollars that it cost to the whole sort of. five hundred thousand dollars. watching the world. series...
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or are you on the side of big oil? now, there are lots of ways to cut the deficit, but saving taxpayer subsidies for big oil while ending medicare as wenow it and cutting student loans is not, in my mind, a solution. it makes no sense, mr. president, to give a taxpayer h. funde of it funded o the big five oil companies earning huge profits a month, they're going to earn about $144 billion this profits thisear alone and say to families, oh, no, you have to sacrifice even more. now, those on the other side of the aisle would tell a middle-class student, whose family earns a medium family income of about a little over $50,000, that, no, you can't go to college. you can't get a pell grant from the federal government. but exxonmobil, a company that will earn $42.6 billion in profits this year, needs government assistance. and they will continue to come to this floor, look america in the eye, and say that that somehow is commonsense deficit reduction. mr. president, there simply is no commonsense explanation for balancing th
or are you on the side of big oil? now, there are lots of ways to cut the deficit, but saving taxpayer subsidies for big oil while ending medicare as wenow it and cutting student loans is not, in my mind, a solution. it makes no sense, mr. president, to give a taxpayer h. funde of it funded o the big five oil companies earning huge profits a month, they're going to earn about $144 billion this profits thisear alone and say to families, oh, no, you have to sacrifice even more. now, those on the...
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it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there is excess success we have the following procedure. polish that there is excess -- that there is success we have to follow and proceed. they have many demands. >> to you try to meet with them? >> have met with many factions of them. i am not saying that they are not good, but every group or person has his agenda, his demands, and it is absolutely -- no government in the world can respond to all of these collective demands. we have enough patience to deal with them and we are committed until this moment that the fire on
it was a big challenge. it took patience from us to manage to ask the experts in the constitution and the economy, and the big challenge is that the demands of the people has only political backgrounds, but their decisions would have the economic background and security background. so our decisions appeared has slowed to the people. but it was not slow. if you see the achievements and six months, you can see supra issue intrudes -- the biggest achievements. now people are recognizing that there...
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report that quite frankly makes our military commanders out to be big fat liars see last week the un released a quarterly report on the war in afghanistan in the statistics were not pretty violence is up fifty one percent since this time last year so were civilian casualties compared to the spring of two thousand and ten there of twenty percent the number of afghans who've been displaced is up four percent making the number now more than four hundred and thirty five thousand people so it would take those numbers how many how do we compare that to at which enter general john allen who stated to take over the war command as commander what he said last tuesday in front of a senate panel he said the violence is five percent lower so far this year in comparison to last year so that's exactly the opposite of what the u.n. report has found so is the u.s. military lying and fudging the numbers and when will congress or the white house finally notice joins me to discuss that is jack rice former cia officer and criminal defense attorney jack thanks so much always a pleasure to have you on the
report that quite frankly makes our military commanders out to be big fat liars see last week the un released a quarterly report on the war in afghanistan in the statistics were not pretty violence is up fifty one percent since this time last year so were civilian casualties compared to the spring of two thousand and ten there of twenty percent the number of afghans who've been displaced is up four percent making the number now more than four hundred and thirty five thousand people so it would...
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that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and working to provide stability against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it is time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stings when it comes to reconstruction projects. i hope that you all will convince me that i have become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we are spending money in theater. i am looking for good news, and i hope we hear some today. but i think it
that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and...
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>> tom, you made the case of why to big to fail is a problem. but in talking about how you discourage or stop it, at least in the oral remarks you put emphasis on bringing back glass-steagall. what about size caps? if you are worried about size, that is the most direct way and you could argue well, even with glass-steagall you could get mergers, very large institutions, $2 trillion. they could lose their money on cni loans rather than investment banking. what about size katz, 3% to 4% of gdp, and that half a dozen u.s. institutions would be already above the cap and would have to come down over some period. you also have much bigger capital surcharges than what was agreed to over the weekend. that would be another way to i am just curious as to why he chose the glass-steagall route as opposed to the other routes for discouraging to big to fail? >> we did it and think about size. but part of what we thought about its size it isn't really the factory -- it is one of the factors, but not the primary factor. it is the nature of the risk -- whether y
>> tom, you made the case of why to big to fail is a problem. but in talking about how you discourage or stop it, at least in the oral remarks you put emphasis on bringing back glass-steagall. what about size caps? if you are worried about size, that is the most direct way and you could argue well, even with glass-steagall you could get mergers, very large institutions, $2 trillion. they could lose their money on cni loans rather than investment banking. what about size katz, 3% to 4% of...
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i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the world and the u.s. as well. it is not just an issue of wealth. it is also an issue of education. important, the comprehensive tax reform that is outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal sanity report under both from march would end up resulting with everybody and that making more than a stated percentage will pay something. those who end up having more and make more will pay more. we will have an even more progressive tax system. but the way we do it is through comprehe
i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there...
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we are left with a big deficit. all they talk about is cutting. -- host: we will have to leave it there. when it comes to government spending issues are concerned, that is what we are weighing in right now. good morning, james, independent line. caller: 5 believe the oil companies and big businesses should pay their fair share. republicans are nothing but a bunch of lawyers. they have -- lawyers. -- liars. they have been line ever since george bush was in there. host: what kind of spending and programs are you talking about? caller: all of their subsidies and not paying any taxes. host: we will leave it there. please turn down your television sets when you call in. florida, this is a comment from twitter. another call from minnesota this morning, what to cut what to keep? caller: i am a republican. it is hard to hear that we are the party of no, no, no. at the federal level, of our government has shut down because they cannot come together. republican-led states that do not have cannot of raising of taxes, the state
we are left with a big deficit. all they talk about is cutting. -- host: we will have to leave it there. when it comes to government spending issues are concerned, that is what we are weighing in right now. good morning, james, independent line. caller: 5 believe the oil companies and big businesses should pay their fair share. republicans are nothing but a bunch of lawyers. they have -- lawyers. -- liars. they have been line ever since george bush was in there. host: what kind of spending and...
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that's a big part -- we a cut, raise revenue and invest. but let's start a conversation with what world we are in. not who can throw the biggest number on the table and the most stubborn about saving something were cutting something. it is an idiotic debate we're having and unworthy of our country. this is a whole other theme in the book which we do not have time to talk about. we did not get here by accident. you did not get where you are and i did not get our i.m. on my own. yes there is a lot of people out there is as i got this and i'm going to keep the government out of my life. you got here as a product of the greatest public-private partnership in the history of the world. that's how you got here. and we call this americas at formula for success. it has five parts. we educate our people up to and beyond what ever the level of technology is starting with universal primary and then post secondary education. we invite the world immigrants in, those with low skills and those with high skills, the first round intellectual draft choices, a
that's a big part -- we a cut, raise revenue and invest. but let's start a conversation with what world we are in. not who can throw the biggest number on the table and the most stubborn about saving something were cutting something. it is an idiotic debate we're having and unworthy of our country. this is a whole other theme in the book which we do not have time to talk about. we did not get here by accident. you did not get where you are and i did not get our i.m. on my own. yes there is a...
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and i see this big orange glob right here into the future. and i realize it's the bush-era tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and how fair is that to those living on medicare and social security. i look at the wars. some would argue that those wars are unsustainable into the future and yet they comprise a substantial portion of our long-term debt because they were never paid for when we engaged in those. i looked at the trouble assets relief program into the future. but what i see there is this thin blueish line and what this means is that we have paid that back under the obama administration and democratic control of the congress. and then we have this big glob here that's about the current economic downturn and it strikes me if the congress really wanted to do something if the majority wanted to do something, leave medicare alone, leave social security alone, leave medicaid alone. focus on getting jobs and 27 million people back to work so they can contribute to our tax base and contribute to medicare and social security. do a jobs
and i see this big orange glob right here into the future. and i realize it's the bush-era tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and how fair is that to those living on medicare and social security. i look at the wars. some would argue that those wars are unsustainable into the future and yet they comprise a substantial portion of our long-term debt because they were never paid for when we engaged in those. i looked at the trouble assets relief program into the future. but what i see there...
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big thanks to our studio audience. big banks to our candidate, former massachusetts gov. mitt romney. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> you are watching c-span, the new politics and public affairs. connecting you with elected officials, policy makers, and journalists. weekdays, watch live coverage of the u.s. house. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, our signature...